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Disaster Informatics – How Digital Technology is Transforming Disaster Management
UniSC News, Vol.8 April 2025
University of the Sunshine Coast
2025
Abstract
Technology has changed the game for disaster management.
While traditional disaster management often involved a reactive approach – where response efforts focused mainly on the immediate aftermath of a disaster rather than prevention or preparedness – innovations such as satellites, sensors, geographic information systems and geo-visualisations are seeing disaster management moving towards its next generation: Disaster Informatics.
Disasters can now be predicted weeks in advance, and information can be shared in real time.
Here are some of our favourite technologies when it comes to gathering disaster data.
Details
- Title
- Disaster Informatics – How Digital Technology is Transforming Disaster Management
- Authors
- Nayomi Kankanamge - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Law and SocietyNicholas Stevens - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Centre for Human Factors and Systems Science
- Publication details
- UniSC News, Vol.8 April 2025
- Publisher
- University of the Sunshine Coast
- Date published
- 2025
- Organisation Unit
- Bioclimatic and Sociotechnical Cities Lab; Centre for Human Factors and Systems Science; School of Law and Society
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991127502402621
- Output Type
- Blog
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